Reather

Last seen for girls in 1986 at #9,545 · Last seen for boys in 1922 at #4,307
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1908 · 13 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
912
since 1899

Reather over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Reather has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #1,135, 1908girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1986#9,5456
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1971#6,6197
1970
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1966#6,5645
1965
1964#6,0096
1963
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1961#6,5675
1960
1959#5,5666
1958#4,5208
1957#5,3776
1956#5,3256
1955#5,8285
1954#3,49011
1953#5,0406
1952#4,4837
1951#3,48210
1950#3,6629
1949#2,41017
1948#2,97412
1947#2,89813
1946#3,03411
1945#3,1329
1944#2,94610
1943#2,55813
1942#2,81711
1941#2,53212
1940#2,73710
1939#2,30013
1938#2,02116
1937#1,73520
1936#2,15314
1935#2,00616
1934#2,00316
1933#1,40027
1932#1,63422
1931#1,94117
1930#1,49927
1929#1,59824
1928#1,83721
1927#1,82822
1926#1,66725
1925#1,50430
1924#1,77024
1923#1,55628
1922#1,43032#4,3075
1921#1,43732
1920#1,75123
1919#1,24237
1918#1,69023
1917#1,55224
1916#1,38028
1915#1,88317
1914#1,89613
1913#1,60114
1912#1,84410
1911#1,45011
1910#1,6349
1909#1,7637
1908#1,13513
1907
1906
1905#1,4208
1904#1,6596
1903#1,7925
1902#1,5946
1901#1,6795
1900
1899#1,3946
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First appearance
1899

The first year at least five girls were named Reather! It came in at #1,394, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Reather is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #381 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,974 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #408 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,807 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Reather, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#381 · 1 in 3,974
  2. South Carolina#408 · 1 in 4,807

Best ever in a state: #272 in South Carolina, 1930.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#381101 in 3,974
South Carolina#40851 in 4,807
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Reather
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1899
  • Peaked 1908 at #1,135 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1953, 45 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,716
  • Highest: 1 in 25,716 girls born in 1908 were named Reather (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,925 girls born in 1986 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 28.6% of all girls named Reather (261) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s6#1,394 (1899)#1,394
1900s50#1,135 (1908)#1,577
1910s186#1,242 (1919)#1,617
1920s261#1,430 (1922)#1,638
1930s188#1,400 (1933)#1,869
1940s118#2,410 (1949)#2,804
1950s74#3,482 (1951)#4,677
1960s16#6,009 (1964)#6,380
1970s7#6,619 (1971)#6,619
1980s6#9,545 (1986)#9,545

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Reather in 1925

girls
#1,504
30 births · 1 in 40,579 girls

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #1,504Reather30
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 40,579 of them was named Reather, which outranked 73.9% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reather
  1. #1,466Willadean31
  2. #1,466Willetta31
  3. #1,466Zelpha31
  4. #1,504Reather30
  5. #1,504Akiko30
  6. #1,504Alfred30
  7. #1,504Angelica30
  8. #1,535Aimee29
  9. #1,535Alyne29
  10. #1,535Aretta29

Tied with 30 names at #1,504; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 605Nanette#1,475#870
  2. 417Paulina#1,258#841
  3. 353Estela#1,258#905
  4. 323Delois#1,123#800
  5. 313Veola#1,301#988
Fallers
  1. 610Kathlyn#999#1,609
  2. 396Izetta#951#1,347
  3. 355Loma#941#1,296
  4. 345Phylis#880#1,225
  5. 309Eris#728#1,037

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1925